Richard Oswald

Richard Oswald

Born 5 November 1880 in Vienna, Austria

Died 11 September 1963 (aged 82)

Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He directed more than 100 feature films from 1914 to 1951. Among them the classics "Nachtgestalten" (1920), "Unheimliche Geschichten" (1919/1932), "Die Prostitution 1-2" (1919) and "Alraune" (1930).

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Being Jewish, Oswald was forced to flee Nazi Germany, first for occupied France and later emigrating to the United States.

Director

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1919
Different from the Others Director
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1919
Eerie Tales Director
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1930
Alraune Director
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1929
The Hound of the Baskervilles Director

Writer

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1919
Different from the Others Writer
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1919
Eerie Tales Story
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1922
Lucrezia Borgia Writer
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1942
Isle of Missing Men Adaptation

Producer

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1919
Different from the Others Producer
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1919
Eerie Tales Producer
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1930
Alraune Producer
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1929
Cagliostro Executive Producer

Actor

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1940
The Eternal Jew Self (archive footage)
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1919
Eerie Tales
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1916
Tales of Hoffmann